DOOLEY, J.
¶ 1. Defendant challenges the trial court's denial of his motion to suppress an ecstasy pill removed from his pocket without a warrant during a weapons pat-down. He argues that the State did not meet the "immediately apparent" probable cause standard for removal of the pill under the "plain-feel" doctrine, an exception to the Fourth Amendment's warrant requirement. The State responds that the warrantless removal of the pill was legal under the plain...
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